Business Support for North Essex Businesses
Businesses based in North Essex districts such as Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, and Tendring, can call upon our team of experienced business advisors or attend a programme of free webinars and workshops tailored towards business finance topics, to provide the help and support required to get you to where you need to be.
How can we help?
Fully funded business support
Offering 1:2:1 impartial business advice, unique to you, we’ll be able to help you with financial forecasting, finding the right finance for you, and the funding application process. Whether you are looking to recover and rebuild following a difficult time, or develop and grow, the dedicated team are on hand to offer free help for your North Essex business to fulfil your goals.
Support to start a business
We’re here to help. As an accredited delivery partner for The Start Up Loan Company with Let’s Do Business Finance, we can offer Start Up Loans from as little as £500 to £25k. The scheme includes up to 12 months of free business mentoring, as well as help with your application. We also offer a range of workshops and training for those looking to turn a business idea into a successful venture.
Financial Review
Let’s Do Business Group are accredited delivery partners of the Guarantee Growth Scheme (GGS) delivered by the British Business Bank to support businesses following the pandemic with loans up to £150k. The loan can be used for business purposes, of managing cashflow, investment and growth, and with our mentoring support included to assist you with debt management, you’ll be able to get your finances back on track, and look forward to the future.
Business Finance
We can help you with Business Loans from £10k - £150k through Let’s Do Business Finance, which can help you to finance a range of options for your unique business needs, including expanding your operations, sales, marketing, staff, sourcing new business assets and more. We do not charge early repayment fees and our team of finance experts are working around the clock to get the funding to you as quickly as possible.
Workshops and Webinars
Benefit from programmes of free workshops, training, and webinars tailored towards business finance topics, and Digital Skills to provide the help and support required to get you to where you need to be, while also being able to network with other businesses in Essex.
Blueprint for Business
Blueprint for Business
Blueprint for Business, the FREE business growth programme offering a series of bespoke workshops, webinars and 1:1 events, to help you map out your journey to achieving your business goals, returns for a second year!
Developed and delivered by a team of award-winning Business Coaches, Blueprint for Business not only provides you with learning opportunities you can tailor to suit your needs, but also access to expert knowledge, and the North Essex entrepreneurial ecosystem to connect and network with. The whole programme is organised so that businesses can create a pick ‘n’ mix of activities, tailoring the support to their individual business growth goals.
Who we’ve helped
Little Jimmy’s Preschool
Little Jimmy’s Preschool in Clacton on Sea discusses the joys and challenges of running a community nursery, and how support helped them to access vital grant funding to develop their offering and given them the confidence to continue their mission to provide affordable childcare to underserved areas of Essex.
Spring Bone Broth
Spring Bone Broth, based in West Hanningfield, just south of Chelmsford, received advice and support to help with their electricity bills and moving to a new supplier.
Transporter Engineering
Barry Poulter, Managing Director of Transporter Engineering Ltd, tells Backing Essex Business how the Peer Network Programme Group2Grow enabled him and his team to take a hard look at their sales and marketing strategies to future-proof their business.
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How we can help your business?
This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government's Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
